1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Thomas Young, et al. v. Kirk Fordice et al.
520 U.S. 273 · 117 S. Ct. 1228 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 2076
The record
- Term
- 1996
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 95-2031
- U.S. Reports
- 520 U.S. 273
- S. Ct. citation
- 117 S. Ct. 1228
- LEXIS citation
- 1997 U.S. LEXIS 2076
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
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